james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky. moscow says it's evidence the united states is fighting what it calls an "indirect war" against russia. well, ten months on since the start of the conflict, ukrainian forces have regained some areas taken by russia. tonight, we have a special report. since the start of the war, we've been following one ukrainian lieutenant who's fighting to defend his country. our correspondent quentin sommerville and camera—journalist darren conway sent this report from near kupiansk in the country's east, where fighting continues amid appalling winter conditions. when the enemy is on your doorstep, sacrifices must be made. this is home for a platoon from ukraine's 92nd brigade. they have a few small rooms in an abandoned house. they are crammed in tight. meals are eaten standing up. not that senior lieutenant eugene gromadskyi gets to spend much time here. he has had only two hours sleep but again needs to head out to the front. there is a russian counterattack

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.ights bill allowing anyone 16 and over to change gender on their id card. it's legislation that has divided spain's left—wing government and its feminist movement. the bill now moves to the senate where, if left unchanged as expected, it will become law within weeks. the move will make spain one of the world's few countries to allow transgender people to change their status with a simple declaration. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines around the world. the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, has been released by a new york court after agreeing bail set at two—hundred—and—fifty million dollars. sam bankman—fried will also have to stay at his parents' home in california and surrender his passport while awaiting trial on fraud and money laundering charges. mr bankman—fried is accused of stealing billions of dollars from ftx to prop up another of his businesses. a belgian court has told the greek politician at the centre of a corruption scandal in

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.r change their gender on their id card, dividing the government and the feminist movement. the bill moves to the senate, where it will become law if left unchanged. one of the biggest stories we covered this year is the cost of living crisis, and in many countries around the world, the costs of everyday goods and services are still rising, causing many families to downscale their festive plans. some are cutting back on the number of dishes at their christmas dinner, while others are giving fewer presents and spending less on decorations. but for those living below the poverty line and the charities that look out for them, the bite of rising costs cuts deeper. for more, i'm joined here by vivien chan, ceo of willing hearts, a soup kitchen in singapore. wonderful to get you in the programme. it's wonderful work that you do. i've been out to see the soup kitchen myself. it strikes me that at a time like this when costs are rising, you serve up to 9000 meals a day. that's going to be havin

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.y. here's the shortlist of this year's six contenders. gymnast jessica gadirova won gold, silver and bronze at the world championships, including britain's first all—round medal. footballer beth mead won the golden boot at the euros and was named player of the tournament when the lionesses lifted their first major trophy. eve muirhead led great britain to curling gold at the winter olympics in beijing. ronnie 0'sullivan claimed his seventh world snooker championship title this year. cricketer ben stokes captained england to the men's t20 world cup title and four test series wins, including a record—setting tour in pakistan. and athlete jake wightman produced a stunning run to take the 1500m gold at this year's world championships. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss is on the red carpet. andy. yes, reeta, welcome to the red carpet here in salford, always one of the most glittering lights of the sporting calendar, and over the last hour or so we have seen some of the biggest names in sp

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.ported from the uk as he is not a british citizen. the three—times wimbledon champion, who is german, was jailed in april for two and a half years for hiding assets and loans in order to avoid paying debts. the former world number one and bbc commentator was declared bankrupt in 2017, owing nearly £50 million. freezing conditions across the uk this week have brought many challenges for communities — and today, more than 100 schools in aberdeenshire had to close because of snow and ice. further north, in shetland, electricity companies are still working to reconnect thousands of homes and businesses which lost power four days ago. 0ur correspondent kevin keane is in lerwick on shetland for us and we canjoin him now. when the power was first lost here, half the population of these islands was without electricity and it's been a slow and painstaking process to try and get them reconnected. what happened was a fairly unusual weather phenomenon where the snow landed on power lines. 0ver wea

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @monikaplaha hello, there.ristmas. we'll keep low pressure nearby, so i think large parts of the country will see rain at times, a bit of sunshine here and there, and it will be mild in the south, but it'll start to turn colder across northern areas. you can see this conveyor system of low pressure pushing up from the southwest, bringing in bands of rain, followed by sunshine and showers. and our air mass coming in from the southwest off the atlantic will always be warmer, certainly across the south of the country. colder air, though, will start to tuck in across the north, as we move through the next few days. for thursday, looks like it will be colder across northern scotland — breezy with a few showers, but quite a bit of sunshine for scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england. england and wales, though, rather cloudy, misty, murky, with some patchy rain and drizzle, some heavier rain into the southwest later in the day. here, it will be mild, quite breezy. further north, though, a chillier feel to

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.a where three big—headed turtles have been released back into the sea. the animals were rescued from a fishing net in san clemente two weeks ago and have undergone blood tests to make sure they're healthy. the big—headed turtles are endangered because they're hunted for their meat and for sale as pets. you can reach me on twitter. you are watching bbc news. hello there. the next few days are looking fairly unsettled through the run—up to christmas. we'll keep low pressure nearby. so, i think large parts of the country will see rain at times, a bit of sunshine here and there, and it will be mild in the south, but it'll start to turn colder across northern areas. you can see this conveyor system of low pressure pushing up from the southwest, bringing in bands of rain followed by sunshine and showers. and our air mass coming in from the southwest off the atlantic will always be warmer, certainly across the south of the country. colder air, though, will start to tuck in across the north as

paganini quite right. questions from the russian geographical society for 1000 1778, james cook gaveme western point of alaska a name in honor of the future george iv cape prince of wales question from the russian geographical society for 600 this name is a mountainous country in the center of the island of hanshu due to the english engineer elbenist wilm, the japanese called it the famine. these are the japanese alps questions from the russian geographical society for 400. in the 18th century, russian court flatterers deduced the name of this city from the german expression hudson has the beauty bravo olympic games 600 this violinist has been fond of skiing since childhood, and at the olympics in sochi she even played for the thai national team under the name of her father vanakorn is true. true, she took the last sixty-seventh place in the olympic games 800 figure skater andrey did not sing from this country. he made his debut at the 1964 olympic games in innsbruck at the age of 13 and 8 years later in sarah became the olympic champion. yugoslavia czechoslovakia olympic games thous

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. now here's all the latest sports news.r season after the break for the world cup with a win in the english football league cup. it's just three days since the final in qatar but most of their stars were back in action. and it was denmark midfielder christian eriksen who opened the scoring for them at old trafford against burnley. the game was effectively over when england's marcus rashford made it 2—0 in the second half. that's how it stayed and erik ten hag's side go into the draw for the last eight on thursday. the dutchman was happy with his team, but less happy to still be asked about cristiano ronaldo's departure. i give you all the opportunity, many of them, where it has been, so we make the statement, we look at the future. reporter: it we look at the future. reporter:— we look at the future. reporter: , ., reporter: it is good from your oint of reporter: it is good from your point of view — reporter: it is good from your point of view that _ reporter: it is good from your point of view that the _ reporter: it is go

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.struggled with their role in the royalfamily, and with a barrage of negative press. prince harry describes being terrified when his brother screamed at him, during a meeting at sandringham in 2020 to discuss the couple�*s wish to be half—in, half—out of the royal family. there�*s been no comment from buckingham palace. here�*s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. westminster abbey, ten days to christmas, the king and queen consort arriving for a festive celebration with community groups. also there, the prince and princess of wales with george and charlotte. the british royalfamily doing what it does, on a day of further family turbulence. from netflix, the latest episodes of the harry and meghan story, their account of why they left royal life. a tale of rivalry and intrigue which came to a head at sandringham injanuary 2020, when harry tried to discuss his and meghan�*s exit with his father and brother. it was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me, and my father

hence the name given to the bay by james cook.like to show you the mocker and favorite of all the friends of the tsarskoye selo merry sinner, what will happen to your life, she wrote in 1938 akhmatova quite right in 1200 in addition to many other discoveries, this great chemist at the end of the 19th century developed a new type of gunpowder, the so-called pyrocolodic. wislawa polish poetess szymborska received the 1996 nobel prize in literature. the gunpowder road near stockholm was previously used to move military cargo and was intended for such transport. before it was a railway line people plants 900 without this family of plants and horticulture, fruit trees from apple to peach and berries from mountain ash to blackberries or medicinal plants and flowers multi-colored bravo 900 are unthinkable. one of the centers of silver mining in medieval europe was tenderer hungary is now a region almost entirely within this slavic country. rate on january 5, 1905, the first russian division of vladivostok was created. it looks like a sub

there was a debate in james cook's interview in newscast with david cameron where david cameron says, oh, former prime ministers shouldn't comment too much because then they are like back—seat drivers, and then he commented! and he talked about the cap on social care of £86,000 that was supposed to be coming in next year but in the autumn statement the chancellor pushed it back a couple of years. david cameron was quite critical a, of that policy, because he says that it helps better—off people keep more of their assets compared to less well—off people, and he was also critical of the delay to the policy. what would you say to dc? well, with the policy itself, . we have had to listen to local authorities who obviously will be responsible for deliveringl much of the dilnot reforms, and... i he was the guy that proposed the cap in the first place? sorry, yes. and they told us they were not in the position yet being able i to roll it out and roll it out well, because obviously. when we do something, l we want it to be delivered as well as possible _ for the people on the receiving end of

james, cooking something up in the you know, in the case. >> michael, a. >> i got to say my favoriteo do in the popcorn because i that all day every day on the same. actually popcorn is my go-to. and you just melt a little and i've got a tip for you to i found out last couple years during easter when you get those peeps. yeah, 15 seconds in the microwave. it'll change your life. you like the peeps. i'm telling you right? how and i'll try that trick. but i don't know what we but somebody showed me that i'm like, okay. this is pretty cool. so they just i trust you. i trust. all right. thank you, thanks. k and a quick little wrap up here. historic space mission coming to an end. nasa's artemis one orion spacecraft is heading home scheduled to make a splash down off the coast of san diego. >> on sunday. so we'll be watching for that this weekend. and as we go, one final check of the >> sunday, we're going to be a little of that. here are going to be an interesting little. yeah. know what enjoy an extra couple of days now. it is back thursday night. all right. thank you very much. we'll s

the ministry of foreign affairs, by the way, the mauri tribe is known for being described by uh, james cookly discovered it for europe, uh, as a tribe of cannibal traditions that they honor u and u by eating. actually enemies. they considered this, as it were, the norm of life, but of course, in the same e redule, the sanctions of the european union were also announced. eh, in more detail. although again they did not agree on the final ninth package, but something of the content of this ninth package has become. known. here hear projects of the new yes blacklists of 144 people, including popular russian tv presenters boris korchevnikov and marina kim, singer grigory leps, publicist dmitry puchkov, director nikita mikhalkov and political scientist sergei mikheev, the owners of the russian companies ren tv and tv news, the assets of state-owned media holdings in the state television and radio broadcasting company and the national media group of tv news and the strategic culture foundation, will also be frozen in the eu licenses for the promise of three russian ntv channels ntv mir russia 1 an

therefore no one spoke much about it, and therefore , later, uh, its australian was discovered by james cook. so uh, regarding the definition, i'm just here, based on the fact that it was discovered by the dutch. uh-huh the name was put into use in 1644 dutch travels by abel tasman and was widely used over the next year and a half as the correct answer to this question. is it true that iron and its alloys are non-ferrous metals ? senya is not a difficult question, because as far as i know, iron and its alloys are ferrous metals, and copper, gold and other non-ferrous metals are non-ferrous metals. what smart girl? i'm very happy for her, and cast iron what is probably ferrous metal. who knows what cast iron is? talk to me. it seems to me that this is some terracotta army. what is cast iron? tsev, there must be a certain amount of carbon for this alloy to be called cast iron. thank you very much, the correct answer to this question is, of course , no, they refer to ferrous metals, while all other metals and alloys are non-ferrous 11 questions. is it true that germany was the first bourgeois s

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discover australia, william and janson, the man who first got there. uh, australia was discovered by james cookon, i'm just going by the fact that it was discovered by the dutch. uh-huh the name was introduced in 1644 to the dutch travels by abel tasman and was widely used for the next year and a half the correct answer to this question is the variant yes of the tenth question. is it true that iron and its alloys are non-ferrous metals? no, copper, gold and other metals are classified as ferrous metals. probably black metal. who knows that cast iron is an alloy? what with what? talk to me. it seems to me that this is some kind of terracotta army. what is cast iron? i don't know. svyatoslav iron with carbon, well, only certain proportions. there must be a certain amount of carbon for this alloy to be called cast iron. yes, thank you great correct answer to this question. uh, of course not, iron and its alloys are ferrous metals, and all other metals and alloys are non-ferrous eleventh question. is it true that germany was the first bourgeois state in europe? sophia, how did you respond? no why a

television show has run for two decades, earned seven emmys, three james beard awards and millions of devoted fans who tune in as much for the cookinghe cocktail party that typically follows. and when sharyn alfonsi first met her in october, we learned that ina garten isn't quite as free wheeling as you might think. as impressive as her culinary chops may be, ina garten's success hinges on hard work, shrewd business sense and leaving nothing to chance. >> this is just a great weeknight meal. it's so easy to do. do the first stage. have yourself a glass of wine. do the second stage and dinner is ready. >> reporter: whether she's whipping up one of her signature chicken dishes, slinging cosmos for her real life friends or scooping ice cream, ina garten is a calming presence in the kitchen. taking the mystery out of cooking. >> how easy is that? >> reporter: she's built a culinary empire by making it all look effortless. >> i know people don't believe this but i'm really a nervous cook. i'm sure every recipe will turn out wrong. rr:ve even w. ly precise. i'm thwiookbook going,lfean or e teaspo aou reay? >> i have to follow my own recip

james harrison wilson said of mcdowell that he was a gargantuan eater. he was a gourmet and could cook. he can from paraguay may meals. apparently. but he abstain from almost every habit that might be considered sociable. he did not used tobacco. he did not use alcohol. he didn't even drink tea. pope called him at the most tempered man in the army. indeed, intemperate to the verge of intemperance, he said. now, as much as border, excuse, me as much as pope embrace performance art in performative language. mcdowell disdained it. he railed against histrionics. one man said he had no useor regintal bands and objectives of the barrels of lager another case of winds and liquors that found their way into the army. he would write ofim, having none of the voic of ordinary mortals and a few other weaknesses, he imagine himsel on a higher plane than they. and thus, imaging, thought of himself as ranking with the gods in he assumed a dignity accordingly. future president james garfield wrote of mcdowell. he is frank, open, mainly, severe and sincere. which is kind of a great quote i think. like m

uh, jane, james harrison wilson said of mcdowell that he was a gargantuan eater. he was a gourmet and could cook. he could prepare gourmet meals, apparently, but he abstained from almost every habit that might be considered sociable. he did not use tobacco. he did not use alcohol. he didn't even drink tea. pope called him the most temperate man in the army. indeed, intemperate, to the verge of intemperance. he said. now, as much as porter, sir, excuse me, as much as pope embraced performance art and performative language, mcdowell disdains, and it he railed against histrionics. a one man said he had no use for regimental bands and objected to the barrels of lager and other cases of wines and liquors that found their way into the army. ted ball would write of him having none the vices of ordinary mortals and but few of their weaknesses is he imagined himself on a higher plane than they, and thus imagining thought of himself as ranking with the gods and assumed a dignity accordingly. future preside james garfield wrote of mcdowell. he is ank open, manly, severe and sincere here, which is kind of a

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cooking a look. they made us candy and everything. they really got to go indoors. thanks, james.t now and new this morning, san mateo county has approved more than 2 million dollars to tackle homelessness in 3 cities. yes, so the money is going to be used to. >> well, for a wide range of services. we have kron 4 sarah stinson. take a closer look at that coming to us live from san mateo county. good morning, sara. >> that's right. it is a freezing cold morning with temperatures in the 30's here in redwood city and it's the money that they just approved will help those who are experiencing homelessness, who are living on the streets of san mateo county right now. it's 2.4 million dollars that will go to try and end homelessness and about over a million of it going to redwood city. the goal is to help those who are homeless. give them resources and provide more emergency eltional support housing. half moon bay will also be receiving money. nearly 1 million dollars as well to provide a safe parking area with hygiene facilities for people living in their cars. this will provide shower

james christian kimmel. your middle name is christian? >> jimmy: yeah. >> figures. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: but why did i die? >> without the chanucorn, you had five extra minutes to fill. you did a cookingegment and choked to death on a chimichanga. >> jimmy: oh no. what about guillermo? is he dead too? >> guillermo: no, jimmy. i am not a part of this bit. i am just drunk. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: thank goodness. but what about my family? what about my wife and my kids? >> oh, don't worry about them. >> jimmy: good. >> they are well taken care of. a real man stepped in and took charge. behold their holiday card. >> jimmy: they had a holiday card? [ laughter ] no. oh, no, no, no! this cannot be! [ applause ] i want my old life back! >> so you don't wish the chanucorn had never existed? >> jimmy: no, i don't. fine, you can do your chanucorn, just take me back to the way it was. >> thanks jimmelah! [ cheers and applause ] you've regained your sense of wonder. >> jimmy: wonderful. oh, i hear a bell ringing. >> you know what they say. every time a bell rings, a dog gets his dreidel. >> jimmy: yeah, no, no one says that. >> you've heard that now. ladies and gentlemen, happy chanukah, and welcom

james taylor i live on treasure island. april 21st, 2017 i came to treasure island and i [inaudible] i knew how to cook and [inaudible]. since i have been here in treasure island for 6 years i have things [inaudible] now it is going on 6 years approximate -- less than 6 years ago where my life would be i am in the courtroom and room or building at whatever it is called here. i want to say i thank god for this process without it i don't know where i would be now. thank you and you guys treasure i langd has the best staff a new manager that they -- and she has been doing a great job. and couple people doing that great people and they help us out a lot. >> can you unmute our caller? >> hello all. pedestrian veteran's affairs commission and coo of [inaudible]. in the spirit of the holidays happy holidays and i'm grateful and thankful for the [inaudible] all of your work in terms of anything veteran related. i want to extend this project will support veterans and will support military families as well. in addition to that they have been instrumental in placing and supporting veterans. this is all the work in the reactive sh

joins and says duck unusual enough easy and quick to cook pan fry it goes with a variety of bold flavours , accompaniments. so there we have it, jamesan alternative to turkey or goose lobster for christmas. what an intriguing idea. lobster for christmas. what an intriguing idea . now, do keep intriguing idea. now, do keep your views coming in. and to several of you said we're going to have swan i think unless you're the king or the duke of norfolk you may just have a little difficulty in accessing the swan meat , but do keep the the swan meat, but do keep the views coming in and we'll them before we go off air at 2:00 and don't forget to subscribe to our youtube channel. we are at gb news. for all of our previous interviews, indeed for our previous programs. now i'm delighted to say he listening to my conversation with paul , my conversation with paul, they're one of the great est chefs in the land and a good friend of mine, aldo zilli, with some ideas. aldo was also founder and chef patron of london restaurants. senor deliciously greens alley cafe jilly bar. more recently, he won british restaurant awards best chef of 2022 and has

a subject which is that is how you cook the perfect is how do you cook the perfect golden roast potatoes, the best dish we've got jamesite sweet, isn't it? it was was that after the game? that was before, mate. that was before the game. it's just like just a thing. nothing they do. yeah, it's tradition. yes, they the mums on the field and then they have a baby dance and then once they've done the mum dance they get some in the mood. then go out and they ready to conquer. when you that it makes me want to watch football now it sounds great. yeah but i mean that's nice isn't it. it's a lot more fun than like taking the knee and, like, do a mother dance. yeah, yeah. everybody's got we've been there, done that to just. but on the other hand , just. but on the other hand, doesn't the vaccine work? i know all the people that have gone to work because they freelance. oh, yes . when they've had covid. yes. when they've had covid. because they have to. and i think that you know, i wouldn't condemn anybody who was going to and any anyone who he had the good fortune to read the piece written by lawson nigel lawson in the summer

james bond. thanks for your company i'm back on friday at 9:00 was . okay i'm addison in the gb news room. england have beaten senegal three nil in their world cup knockout in qatar, cookingfinals. themselves a place into the quarter finals . jordan henderson quarter finals. jordan henderson scored . the first goal in the scored. the first goal in the 38th minutes with an assist from jude bellingham. captain harry kane made it two. now just before half time. it was his first goal of the tournament, and bukayo saka got the third in the 57th minute. the victory means gareth southgate's men move into the last eight and will take on defending champions france on saturday. former

james bond. thanks for your company i'm back on friday at 9:00 was . okay i'm addison in the gb news room. england have beaten senegal three nil in their world cup knockout in qatar, cookingfinals. themselves a place into the quarter finals . jordan henderson quarter finals. jordan henderson scored . the first goal in the scored. the first goal in the 38th minutes with an assist from jude bellingham. captain harry kane made it two. now just before half time. it was his first goal of the tournament, and bukayo saka got the third in the 57th minute. the victory means gareth southgate's men move into the last eight and will take on defending champions